The company’s “holiday gift” requires users to download or upgrade to the the latest Steam Linux client. The company is turning to GitHub to track bugs and issues, explaining that the service “provides a better interface for tracking bugs than the forums used in the closed beta”.

Participating testers are encouraged to use GitHub to create, edit and track new and existing bugs, as the company continues the process of ironing out problems with the platform. Details can be found in the repository here.

The company is leaving the sub forums open for discussion, rather than bug squashing, and it has opened a mailing list for updates to the installation package. All the details can be found on the Steam community page here.

Steam’s Linux project was long anticipated and the open source move could be related to Value’s plans to enter the hardware space with its own devices. Running Linux-based systems — like the rumored Steambox — would make a lot of sense for the popular games firm.